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accordingly filed in the Office of the Registry of Deeds for Quezon City (Annex "F"). At the ex-parte hearing conducted on January 4, 2002, the petitioner-appellee was represented by her attorney-in-fact, Editha Alonte as evidenced by a Special Power of Attorney (Exh. "H"). The petitioner-appellee is presently in the United States and the witness and her family together with her sisters-in-law are the ones presently occupying the house erected thereon. The following documents were presented to prove the jurisdictional facts: â Exhibit "A" - copy of the Petition dated July 27, 2001. â Exhibit "B" - Order dated August 29, 2001. â Exhibit "C", "C-1" to "C-5" - the proof of service of the said Order to the City Prosecutor's Office, the Registry of Deeds of Quezon City, the Quezon City Legal Department, the Land Registration Authority, the Office of the Solicitor General, and the Land Management Bureau of the DENR; â Exhibit "D" - Certificate of Publication dated October 26, 2001 issued by the National Printing Office; â Exhibit "E" - Volume 97 No. 43, October 22, 2001 issue of the Official Gazette; â Exhibit "E-1" - Volume 97 No. 44, October 29, 2001 issue of the Official Gazette; â Exhibit "F" - Certificate of Posting and Service dated November 19, 2001 by the Deputy Sheriff of this Court. In addition to the abovementioned documents, the petitioner-appellee presented the following: â Annex "A" - Photocopy of TCT No. 335986; â Annex "B" - Tax Declaration No. D-074-00504 for 1996; â Annex "C" - Tax Declaration No. D-074-00921 for 1997; â Annex "D" - Certification from the Office of the City Treasurer dated July 25, 2001; â Annex "E" - Certification from the Register of Deeds of Quezon City dated February 4, 2000; â Annex "F" - Affidavit of Loss dated July 9, 2001; â Annex "G" - Technical Description; â Annex "H" - Certification from the Office of the City Assessor dated August 1, 2001 (Records, pp. 5-12). [2] The CA further adopted the following factual findings of the RTC, to wit: The adjoining owners of the subject property were also furnished with copies of the Order dated August 29, 2001 by registered mail , as evidenced by the registry return cards (Exhibits "G", "G-1" and "G-2") attached to the records. There being no opposition thereto, the petitioner was allowed to present her evidence ex-parte before a Hearing Officer designated by the Court. x x x x In its Report dated August 2, 2002, the Land Registration Authority submitted its findings as follows: (1) The present petition seeks the reconstitution of Transfer Certificate of Title No. 335986, allegedly lost or destroyed and supposedly covering Lot 18-B of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-328326, situated in the Municipality of Caloocan (now Quezon City). (2) The plan and technical description of Lot 18-B of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd - 328326, were verified correct by this Authority to represent the aforesaid lot and the same have been approved under (LRA) PR